dsew@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (David Sewell) (11/04/90)
My intuition is that the answer to this is "no," but I'm just not sure. If I log in to a local Unix host through a dial-in connection, and then use telnet to connect to a remote site, is it possible to download a file to my PC using the telnet site's communication program (e.g. Zmodem?). Or will the telnet link foul things up? (I realize I can use ftp to get files to my local machine; I'm wondering whether it's theoretically possible to do it the other way.) -- David Sewell, English Dep't, University of Rochester, New York USA dsew@uhura.cc.rochester.edu || dsew%uhura.cc.rochester.edu@uorvm.BITNET
srodawa@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Ron Srodawa) (11/04/90)
In article <10204@ur-cc.UUCP> dsew@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (David Sewell) writes: > > My intuition is that the answer to this is "no," but I'm just not >sure. > If I log in to a local Unix host through a dial-in connection, >and then use telnet to connect to a remote site, is it possible to >download a file to my PC using the telnet site's communication >program?... The answer is yes. I do this all the time using Kermit. Now, Kermit has the attribute that its stream contains only printable characters..no control characters at all. You do have, with Xmodem and friends, the possibility that you will send the telnet escape sequence thus popping telnet back into its command mode. Ron. -- | Ronald J. Srodawa | Internet: srodawa@unix.secs.oakland.edu | | School of Engineering and CS | UUCP: srodawa@egrunix.UUCP | | Oakland University | Voice: (313) 370-2247 | | Rochester, Michigan 48309-4401 | |
samlb@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Sam Bassett RCS) (11/04/90)
Yer wrong -- it IS possible -- I just tried it (with ZModem). I'm connected via a dial-in line from my PC at home, and I telneted back to this same machine, logged in, and sent a file via ZModem from the login via telnet to the login via serial line to my PC, all with no problem. Happy downloading! Sam'l Bassett, Sterling Software @ NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA 94035 Work: (415) 604-4792; Home: (415) 969-2644 samlb@well.sf.ca.us samlb@ames.arc.nasa.gov <Disclaimer> := 'Sterling doesn't _have_ opinions -- much less NASA!'